“Daily Show” correspondent Ronny Chieng brutally checked Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday after the health secretary made several claims about what people living with autism can’t do.
“Enough about RFK, let’s move on to Elon Musk, living proof that autistic people can do anything including destroy the government,” quipped Chieng of the billionaire who once revealed that he has Asperger’s syndrome, which is now considered to be a presentation of autism spectrum disorder.
Autism advocacy groups have slammed the conspiracy theory pusher-turned-health secretary after he claimed that the disorder is “preventable” and an “epidemic” on Wednesday.
“These are kids who will never pay taxes,” Kennedy declared in his first presser as the top U.S. health official.
The remarks got a sour reaction from “The Daily Show” crowd.
“Wait, that’s what you’re going to lead with? Like that’s the big tragedy for you?” Chieng said.
“It’s not even accurate, I mean, autistic people do pay taxes. Are you thinking of art history majors?”
Chieng then turned to a clip featuring more of Kennedy’s “expert opinion” on people living with autism.
“They’ll never hold a job, they’ll never play baseball, they’ll never write a poem, they’ll never go out on a date,” Kennedy said.
Chieng proceeded to blast RFK Jr.’s “ridiculous” claims.
“Autistic kids will never write poems? Well, who wants kids to write more poems? That’s something we should be preventing,” he quipped.
He later continued, “Who even made RFK the judge of what makes life worth living? I’m sorry they’ll never know the joy of planting bear carcasses in Central Park.”
Check out Chieng’s Thursday monologue on “The Daily Show” below.
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